Combined hub attacher and lubricator



L. FAR IS. OOMBINEDHUB ATTAOHER AND LUBRIGATOR. No. 455,188.

(No Model.)

Patented June 30, 1891.-

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ATENT LAFAYETTE FARIS, OF PRICETOVVN, OHIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 455,188, dated June 30,1891. Application filed January 20, 1891. Serial No. 378,500. (Nomodel.)

T0 on whom, it may concern:v

Be it known that I, LAFAYETTE FARIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pricetown, Highland county, Ohio, have invented a new anduseful Combined Hub Attaching and Lubricating Device, of which thefollowing is a specification. 4

My present invention relates to a simple means for attaching a hub to anordinary spindle and having in combination therewith a reservoir forlubricating the spindle.

My invention consists in features of novelty, to be hereinafterparticularly pointed out in the claims, being first fully described withreference to the accompanying drawings, in which I Figure I is an axialsection of a hub embodying my invention. Fig. II is a transverse sectionon the line II II, Fig. I. Fig.

III is a front view. Fig. IV is an axial section of the front part ofthe hub, illustrating a modification in the means for-securing the wheelon the axle and Fig. V is a detached View illustratirfg a modificationin the man ner of securing the spindle-head to the spindle.

1 represents the hub, 2 the spindle, and 3 the box, which has atransverse flange 19, and is secured on the front end of the hub bymeans of the screw-threaded sleeve 4, which screws over theexteriorly-threaded end of axle-box 5. In order to make a more rigidbearing the box 3 is provided with a'fiange 6, fitted to a hub at 7. Thebox may be further provided with the usual flange 8, which I prefer tomake polygonal in form for a purpose hereinafter specified.

9 represents the reservoir formed by transverse flanges 3, longitudinalsleeve 4, and screw-threaded disk 4, and having an inlet 10 on theoutside and an outlet 11 on the inside, said outlet and inlet beingclosed by a single screw 12.

13 represents the axle head, which fits within the sleeve '4, and isadapted to be withdrawn with the axle through the axlebox 5. In order tosecure the wheel on the spindle two pins 15 are passed transverselythrough the box 3 and sleeve 4 directly behind the spindle-head and insuch close proximity to the neck 14 as to engage said head.

These transverse pins are preferably-threaded into the periphery of thebox 3. In Fig. V,I have shown a more convenient form of the means forsecuring the wheel on the axle. The head 13 is formed by ascrew-threaded sleeve13,and is screwed onto a correspondingly-threadednib 2 of the axle 2. A threaded washer 16, inserted in the sleeve 4,engages around the outer portion of the axle-head and secures it frompassing through said sleeve 4, which in effectkeeps the wheel fromcomingoff.

In order to remove the wheel the screw 12 is adapted to penetratesufficiently far beyond the inner wall of the reservoir to engage in'aperforation 17, formed in the screw-threaded head of the axle. It willnow be observed that if the box or wheel is turned backward while saidscrew engages the axle-head, said head will be unscrewed from the nib 2and permit the wheel to be removed from the axle. The screw fittingtightly in the perforation of the head will serve to hold the nut orhead rigidly against the screw-washer and retain it in the properposition relatively to the hub, so that it will engage the screw-headwhen the wheel is replaced. After the wheel is replaced the screw 12 iswithdrawn to its normal position in the openings of the reservoir.

As shown in Fig. I, I prefer to use the screw-thread as a means forsecuring the head upon the nib, and in the construction shown in Fig. Iit is obvious that the wheel may be removed from the axle in the mannerdescribed with reference to Fig. IV and without the necessity forremoving the transverse pins 15 or the safety-screws 18, which arepreferably inserted in the flange 6 of the box and in the hub.

If desired, the screw 12 may be so set with relation to the outlet 11 asto permit a limited flow of oil constantly onto the axle, and may alsobe used to allow a supply of oil to pass into the axle-box at will. Theoil-outlet being on one side of the reservoir almost the entire quantityof oil will pass out into the axle-box.

In forming the box which fits upon the hub and carries the mechanism towhich my present invention relates, the same may be turned or cast withthe outer periphery of proper form, the transverse flange 4 forming'theouter wall of the reservoir, the longitudinal sleeve forming theperiphery or cylindrical wall of the reservoir and the means ofattachment to the axle-box and the screw-threaded disk 4 constitutingthe inner Wall of the oilreservoir. It would obviously be within thespirit of my invention however if the reservoir were made larger indiameter than shown, or if the sleeve 4 contained the whole reservoirand were inserted in the box in any suitable. manner.

In securing the box on the hub by means of a screw-thread, and havingthe outlet to one side of the reservoir, it is obvious that a certainquantity of oil can be discharged each time by withdrawing the stopperfrom the outlet and turning the box on the hub or the whole wheel a partof a revolution, so as to change the height of the outlet relatively tothe reservoir.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as newtherein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination of the hub having the axle-box 5 and the box 3,surrounding the end of the hub and having thelongitudinal sleeve 4screwed to the axle-box, said sleeve being provided with means,substantially as described, for engagement with the axle-head,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the axle, the head screwed to said axle, the hubadapted to fit upon said axle, the oil-reservoir in the hub having theinlet and outlet eccentric to the screw-threaded head, and the stopperfor said inlet and outlet adapted to engage the nut, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the axle, the head formed on the axle, the hubhaving means for eng. ing the head to retain the hub upon the axle, andthe oil-reservoir located in the outer end of the hub, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination of the axle, the hub, and the box secured on the endof the hub and having located within it the oil-reservoir, and means forsecuring the hub to the axle.

5. The combination of the axle, the recessed head screwed upon the axle,the hub, and the axlebox, said axle-box having the transverse flange,the longitudinal sleeve extending from said flange and adapted to screwto the axlebox, the disk 5 in said sleeve forming the wall of thereservoir, and the annular washer 16, all substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

(3. The combination of the hub having the axle-box, the box 3, fittingthe end of said hub, the transverse flange in said box 3, thelongitudinal sleeve carried by said transverse flange, thescrew-threaded disk 42 in said sleeve and forming with it and thetransverse flange the reservoir, the said flange and disk having inletand outlet,respectively, and the screw-threaded plug adapted to closesaid inlet and outlet, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. The combination of the hub and the box 3, secured to the end of saidhub and having the transverse flange 1.), which carries theoilreservoir, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. The combination, with the hub, of the box adapted to screw thereon,said box carrying the oil-reservoir, and said oil-reservoir having itsoutlet located on one side, whereby the box may be turned on the hub toalter the height of the outlet relatively to the reservoir and regulatethe flow of oil therefrom, substantially in the manner explained.

LAFAYETTE FARIS.

Witnesses:

HERVEY T. KNIGHT, GEO. E. Cruise.

